It's unbelievable! How can any one call Monty as a second spinner? What mind games can be here? I for one don't see any. Who is concerned about these mind games from the coach of a team which rarely wins a one-day match? The only thing it can lead to is unnecessary pressure on Monty or the undermining of his confidence. What's Fletcher thinking of? First of all, even if he thinks Monty so lowly, the guy is now a component of your World Cup squad - so what's the point of such a statement? Really, Fletcher, who was doing a good job till some time back, is going senile now, I think, with no disrespect meant to him.

Regarding Dalrymple, actually I would be happy to see him dumped for Bopara, but only if England would have played Bopara more in the CB series. Now, it would be risky. Maybe, what England can try is that it can try both Dalrymple and Bopara in the games against minnows, and see if it can make a judgement. Though, minnows might not at all lead to a fair judgement. Best now to retain Dalrymple, and look elsewhere after the World Cup. As a spinner, by the way, I had like Gareth Batty much - I don't know what happened to him. And he was an obdurate bat - and I thought could have been polished in a useful lower-order bat one fine day. Personally, I would be much happier than the big-hearted combination of James Foster and Gareth Batty replacing Nixon and Dalrymple after the World Cup.